Born in Bay Ridge, he also lived in Vermont before moving to Port Richmond in 1947.

He graduated from Port Richmond High School and served stateside in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.

As a member of the Carpenters’ Union, he worked at U.S. Steel, Manhattan. Later, he worked for Procter & Gamble at its former Port Ivory location. He retired in 1992 after 20 years.Afterwards, he did freelance projects of all kinds, “He could do anything — welding, carpentry, electrical, snowplowing” said his daughter Erica Kavanagh.

He was a member of both the Mariners Harbor Yacht Club and the Tottenville marina. For many years, he built the float Wagner College used in its homecoming parade. In his neighborhood, he was known as the “mayor of Port Richmond.”

His daughter Stephanie Christie said, “Above all, his family and his children were his life.”

In addition to his daughters, Mr. Larssen is survived by his wife of 28 years, the former Irene Zancocchio; a sister, Marie Terkelsen, and four grandchildren.

The funeral will be Saturday at 9:30 a.m. in Zion Lutheran Church, Westerleigh. The Meislohn-Silvie Funeral Home, Port Richmond, is handling the arrangements, which include burial in Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp.